Book 3 Chapter 107 | |
1 | lomaśa uvāca |
1 | sa tu rājā maheṣvāsaś cakravartī mahārathaḥ
babhūva sarvalokasya manonayananandanaḥ |
2 | sa śuśrāva mahābāhuḥ kapilena mahātmanā
pitṝṇāṃ nidhanaṃ ghoram aprāptiṃ tridivasya ca |
3 | sa rājyaṃ sacive nyasya hṛdayena vidūyatā
jagāma himavatpārśvaṃ tapas taptuṃ nareśvaraḥ |
4 | ārirādhayiṣur gaṅgāṃ tapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ
so 'paśyata naraśreṣṭha himavantaṃ nagottamam |
5 | śṛṅgair bahuvidhākārair dhātumadbhir alaṃkṛtam
pavanālambibhir meghaiḥ pariṣvaktaṃ samantataḥ |
6 | nadīkuñjanitambaiś ca sodakair upaśobhitam
guhākandarasaṃlīnaiḥ siṃhavyāghrair niṣevitam |
7 | śakunaiś ca vicitrāṅgaiḥ kūjadbhir vividhā giraḥ
bhṛṅgarājais tathā haṃsair dātyūhair jalakukkuṭaiḥ |
8 | mayūraiḥ śatapatraiś ca kokilair jīvajīvakaiḥ
cakorair asitāpāṅgais tathā putrapriyair api |
9 | jalasthāneṣu ramyeṣu padminībhiś ca saṃkulam
sārasānāṃ ca madhurair vyāhṛtaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam |
10 | kiṃnarair apsarobhiś ca niṣevitaśilātalam
diśāgajaviṣāṇāgraiḥ samantād ghṛṣṭapādapam |
11 | vidyādharānucaritaṃ nānāratnasamākulam
viṣolbaṇair bhujaṃgaiś ca dīptajihvair niṣevitam |
12 | kva cit kanakasaṃkāśaṃ kva cid rajatasaṃnibham
kva cid añjanapuñjābhaṃ himavantam upāgamat |
13 | sa tu tatra naraśreṣṭhas tapo ghoraṃ samāśritaḥ
phalamūlāmbubhakṣo 'bhūt sahasraṃ parivatsarān |
14 | saṃvatsarasahasre tu gate divye mahānadī
darśayām āsa taṃ gaṅgā tadā mūrtimatī svayam |
15 | gaṅgovāca |
15 | kim icchasi mahārāja mattaḥ kiṃ ca dadāni te
tad bravīhi naraśreṣṭha kariṣyāmi vacas tava |
16 | lomaśa uvāca |
16 | evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca rājā haimavatīṃ tadā
pitāmahā me varade kapilena mahānadi anveṣamāṇās turagaṃ nītā vaivasvatakṣayam |
17 | ṣaṣṭis tāni sahasrāṇi sāgarāṇāṃ mahātmanām
kāpilaṃ teja āsādya kṣaṇena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ |
18 | teṣām evaṃ vinaṣṭānāṃ svarge vāso na vidyate
yāvat tāni śarīrāṇi tvaṃ jalair nābhiṣiñcasi |
19 | svargaṃ naya mahābhāge matpitṝn sagarātmajān
teṣām arthe 'bhiyācāmi tvām ahaṃ vai mahānadi |
20 | etac chrutvā vaco rājño gaṅgā lokanamaskṛtā
bhagīratham idaṃ vākyaṃ suprītā samabhāṣata |
21 | kariṣyāmi mahārāja vacas te nātra saṃśayaḥ
vegaṃ tu mama durdhāryaṃ patantyā gaganāc cyutam |
22 | na śaktas triṣu lokeṣu kaś cid dhārayituṃ nṛpa
anyatra vibudhaśreṣṭhān nīlakaṇṭhān maheśvarāt |
23 | taṃ toṣaya mahābāho tapasā varadaṃ haram
sa tu māṃ pracyutāṃ devaḥ śirasā dhārayiṣyati kariṣyati ca te kāmaṃ pitṝṇāṃ hitakāmyayā |
24 | etac chrutvā vaco rājan mahārājo bhagīrathaḥ
kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā toṣayām āsa śaṃkaram |
25 | tatas tena samāgamya kālayogena kena cit
agṛhṇāc ca varaṃ tasmād gaṅgāyā dhāraṇaṃ nṛpa svargavāsaṃ samuddiśya pitṝṇāṃ sa narottamaḥ |